1543 A Wazee St.
Denver, CO 80202
303.893.4234
www.davidbsmithgallery.com
DAVID MCDONALD
EDUCATION
1992
1988
1980
1976
MFA, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
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Diploma and 5 Year Program, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
BS, Boston University, Boston, MA
Colegio International de Caracas, Caracas, Venezuela
GRANTS AND RESIDENCIES
2013
2012
2008
2007
2005
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship,
Santa Monica Artists Fellowship, City of Santa Monica grant
Skylark Prize, Sias University Fellowship, Zhengzhou, China
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Artist in Residence, 18 Street Arts Complex, Santa Monica, CA
Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2013
2012
2010
2008
2006
2004
2002
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1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1990
Everything is Broken, Carter and Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
Self Portraits, Carter and Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
Tiny Histories, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Minor Monuments, Jail Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Un, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Depth of the Drop, Newspace Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Patient as Pebbles, BF Annex, Boston, MA
Practice, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
Their, They’re, There, (with Steve DeGroodt), Cypress College, Cypress, CA
In the Details, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
Intimate Seeing, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
Still, JennJoy Gallery, San Francisco, CA
More or Less, (with David Kelley), Clifford Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
Borrowed Scenery, Remba Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Source, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
David McDonald and Kevin Bean, Four Walls, San Francisco, CA
Pure Land, Charlotte Jackson, Santa Fe, NM
Trace, Dan Bernier Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
New Work, Bill Bace Gallery, New York, NY
Plain, Thomas Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles, CA
Landscape Portraits of the Sublime in Ocotillos, California Institute of the Arts,
Valencia, CA
Installation, Glendance Studio, Boston, MA
Dwellings, The Chapel Gallery, Newton, MA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
Ternion, David B. Smith Gallery, Denver, CO
LA Wood Show, Arena One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
6018 Wilshire, Edward Cella Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
Ipsum, Edward Cella Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
heroes, Carter & Citizen, Los Angeles, CA
Folding Time Rhymes, Greene Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA
Interzone: Oystein Aasan, Mark Dutcher, David McDonald, C24 Gallery, New York, NY
curated by Lisa DeSimone
In Direct Light, Woodbury University, Burbank, CA
Millenial Abstraction, Marin Community Foundation, Novato, CA
Forms of Abstraction, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
Theatrical Dynamics, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Curatorial Exchange, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
Urban Untitled, Capriccio Foundation, Santa Fe, NM
Works of Paper, ACME Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Role Reversal, Jose Drudas-Biada Art Gallery, Mount St. Mary’s College, Los Angeles,
CA
Various Selections from the Permanent Collection, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art,
Utah State University, Logan, Utah
Goldmine: Works from the Collection of Sirje and Michael Gold, University Art Museum,
California State University, Long Beach, CA (catalog)
Second Nature: Landscape Variations, Zask Gallery, Palos Verdes, CA
Works 186-221, Marine, Santa Monica, CA
2D/3D, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
ab.strac’tive meas.ures, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica CA curated by Carl Berg
Group Show, Carl Berg Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Manifestation, Carl Berg Projects, Los Angeles, CA
One Week Only, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Structural Integrity, Harris Gallery, University of LaVerne, La Verne, CA
Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Skylark Prize Exhibition, Skylark Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
NADA Art Fair, Jancar/Jones, Miami, FL
Adjunct Faculty Exhibition, Lindhurst Gallery, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA
Whole Parts, Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences,
Santa Monica, CA
iCandy, Cypress College, Cypress, CA
Themes and Variations: New Abstraction in Los Angeles, Torrance Art Museum,
Torrance, CA curated by Kristina Newhouse
Keeping It Straight: Right Angles and Hard Edges in Contemporary Southern
California Art, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Abstraction and Landscape, 98 Ten Fine Art, Irvine, CA curated by Carl Berg
One Night Only, 3875-1204 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA curated by Tom Jancar and
Mery Lynn McCorckle
Paintings Edge, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
Paintings, Phantom Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
No Place, Jail, Los Angeles, CA curated by Christopher Pate
Wall Works II, Traywick Contemporary, Berkeley, CA
(keep feeling) fascination, New Abstract Painting in Los Angeles, Luckman Gallery,
California State University, Los Angeles, CA curated by Julie Joyce
Aqua, Miami, FL
1973-2006: Good to Go, Newspace, Los Angeles, CA
Acretion, Kellog Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona, CA
Material Wise, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA curated by Carl Berg
2005
2004
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1991
Continuum: Crossroads Faculty Past and Present, Sam Francis Gallery,
Crossroads School for the Arts, Santa Monica, CA
Surface: Southern California Painters, L Street Gallery, San Diego, CA
Fresh, Elizabeth Leach Gallery, Portland, OR
The Natalie and Irving Forman Collection, The Albright Knox Art Gallery,
Buffalo, NY
Summer Group Exhibition, BF Annex, Boston, MA
Group Exhibition, Exhibitions 2d, Marfa, TX
White on White, Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Tinseltown II, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
Winter White, Clifford Smith Gallery, Boston, MA
Tinseltown, Domestic Setting, Los Angeles, CA
Gravity, Robert Pardo Gallery, New York, NY
Saturation, at the Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
From Idea to Matter, The Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University,
Richmond, VA curated by Edward Albee, (catalog)
Break Step, Inmo Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Golden Horn, Raid Projects, Santa Ana, CA
The Spurgeon Experience, Raid Projects, Santa Ana, CA
Escondido Phoenix, an Exploration of Art and Nature, Escondido Phoenix Retreat,
Malibu, CA curated by Tricia Watts
Sketch, Kellog Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, CA
Up and Coming, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
100 Dollar and Up Show, Post, Los Angeles, CA
Peter Blum, New York, NY
Group Show, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Plastered, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Drawings, LASCA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Open Book, Kellog Art Gallery, California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona, CA
Material Wise, Gallery Markant, Langlo, The Netherlands
Hold It, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
Pacific Rim, Pyungtack City Museum, Korea
Group Show, Dan Bernier Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Flirting Boundary, California Medical Arts Group, Santa Monica, CA
A Perhaps Hand, Thomas Solomon’s Garage, Los Angeles, CA
Cups, Space Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Projects Building, Los Angeles, CA
Mondo Lot, Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Substance in Transition, Gallery IV, Los Angeles, CA
Science, 1529 Wellesly, Los Angeles, CA, traveled to Arizona State University,
University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ
Summer Program, Bess Cutler Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2012
2010
2009
2008
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Myers, Holly, David McDonald at Citizen and Carter, Los Angeles Times, January 19
Zellen, Jody, David McDonald: Self Portraits”, Art LTD, March
Clothier, Peter, Weekend Gallery Rounds, The Buddha Diaries, January 26
Tuck, Geoff, David McDonald at Carter and Citizen, Notes on Looking, Feb 15
Wagley, Catherine, Not Quite Rejection, The Daily Serving, February 10
Zellen, Jody, Seen and Recommended, Artscene, January
Miles, Christopher, David McDonald at Jancar Gallery, LA Weekly, April 7
Albee, Edward & Frank, Peter, Skylark Prize, Catalog essays
Frank, Peter, David McDonald: Minor Monuments, THE Magazine, January
Myers, Holly, Palettes blend, themes contrast, Los Angeles Times, December 5
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LA, Luckman Gallery, March 16-June 6
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